The european summit on Brexit is on the way of salvation. The president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has had a telephone conversation with the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, that clears away much of the uncertainty that hovered over the crucial appointment this Sunday in Brussels.
the convening of The summit had remained in the canopy after the threat of a veto expressed by Sánchez, which requires that it is recognized that the agreement of exit of the Uk from the EU does not prejudice the status of Gibraltar or remove to Spain the last word on the relation of the Rock with the european club.
“After the phone call a few minutes ago between the president of the Council and Sanchez, we are more close to the European Council this Sunday,” he concluded in a tweet, the spokesman for Tusk at the edge of the two-and-a-half of the afternoon this Saturday.
a Few minutes after the conversation with Oslobet Sanchez, Tusk has been referred to the european leaders the letter of official call of the summit. The letter calls on the 27 “to approve the outcome of negotiations on the Brexit”, addressed during the last 20 months by the negotiator-in-chief at european, Michel Barnier. The summit, says Tusk, you must also give the green light to the Policy Statement that will frame the negotiations on the future relationship with the United Kingdom. A haggling is expected very complicated and for which the EU sets a deadline of 21 months from the date of Brexit (march 29, 2019), but expandable up to two years if necessary.
Sanchez had warned on Friday from Havana that “warranties” were “not sufficient and, therefore, Spain maintained the veto on the agreement of the Brexit”. The president of the Government had even suggested the possibility that it cancelled the summit if there was no intention to improve the offer to Spain. But after the conversation with Tusk on the morning of Saturday, the summit gives almost saved.
